UPDATE: There will be a press conference at Oneida City Police at 11 a.m. this morning regarding the case, more details to follow.

As of Sunday night, police were concentrating their search efforts on the wooded area that runs between state Route 5 and Lenox Avenue, west of Willow Meadow Way and Oneida Heights, to the “Five Corners” intersection in Oneida. Police ask anyone who lives in that area, to search their property thoroughly.

Oneida >> Police are asking for the public’s help in finding a missing woman.

Thomas Zavalidroga reported his mother, Margaret Zavalidroga, 83, missing on Friday at about 4 p.m. She was last seen in Oneida around 10:30 a.m. Friday when she signed papers regarding a vehicle purchase, her son said.

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Thomas Zavalidroga told police he went to a friend’s house across the street from the NYE Auto dealership on Genesee Street in Oneida around 2:30 p.m. to get help picking up his mother’s vehicle. He said he left Margaret in his white van with an acquaintance at his friend’s house since he only expected to be gone 20 minutes, but when he returned an hour-and-a-half later, his mother was gone.

There are no reports of anyone seeing Margaret in the van prior to leaving the friend’s property and no one has seen her in the area, Oneida Police say. Police also say Thomas Zavalidroga was reluctant to provide requested information.

Margaret resides at 3267 Forward Road in Blossvale, but she was not there when police searched the residence. She also has a son who resides at Hillcrest Manor in Utica, but he had no information on his mother when police interviewed him. A phone message left for a Carola Zavalidroga on Hillcrest Manor has not been returned.

Police also say there is no photograph of Margaret at this time.

Margaret is described as Caucasian, about 5-feet tall, 100 pounds, with black salt and pepper hair, and false teeth. She was wearing gold-rimmed glasses, a green sweater, purple pants and brown slip-on boots.

According to her son, Margaret does not suffer from any known medical or mental issues.

The search thus far has included searches of properties in the general area where she was reportedly last seen by her son, with the assistance of the New York State Police K9 units, as well as the Onondaga County Air-1 helicopter unit.

However, police said Saturday evening that all searches attempts produced no results for Margaret and any additional evidence.

Police are currently looking for her. Anyone who may have seen Margaret or has information on her whereabouts is asked to contact Oneida City Police using 911 or at 363-9111.